Eight screenwriters picked for 2025 Oxbelly retreat; Jane Campion, Radu Jude among guests

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Jane Campion, Richard Linklater, Radu Jude and Ali Abbasi are among the advisors and special guests participating in Greece’s 2025 Oxbury Screenplay and Literary Retreat.

The event will be held in Messenger Costa Navarino from June 28th to July 6th and includes a program for writers working in film and literary novels.

Golden Bear – Winner’s Jude leads the screenwriter’s program for writers working on the second feature. The complete list of script fellows can be found below.

Other advisors and guests include directors Annemarie Jacir and Kleber Mendonça Filho and UK producer Tanya Seghatchian.

The lab was founded in 2015 by Fariro House of Greek producer Christos V. Constantacopoulos.

Partners include Fariro House, Costana Barino, Captain Vasilis & Carmen Constanto Poulos Foundation, Anonymous, Graceray from Rinley Productions, Greg Bouchamp Greg Bouchamp Greg Bouchamp, Anloons and Palm Tree Fan Maduka.

2025 Oxbelly Screenplay Program Fellow

Fradic – Take your time for me (Angola)
Vatche Boulghourjian- march (Lebanon/USA)
Ana Endara & Pilar Moreno-Victoria in the Clouds (Spain, Panama)
Amandanel EU – Lotus feet (Malaysia)
Yorgos Goussis & Vassilis Danellis- African grey (Greece)
Federico Luis & Matías Fernández Burzaco-Dog trainer (Argentina/Italy, Argentina)
Christina Tinkevich Everything is clear (Ukraine)
David Egon buys air conditioners (working titles) (Germany/Austria)